Charles Manson is a towering figure in the true-crime world because of the notorious murders he is accused of orchestrating, as well as the cult-like psychological hold he had over his followers. However, some people are surprised to learn that…[Continue Reading...]
Cult leader Charles Manson's body was kept on ice for "months" after he died. That's because a legal dispute quickly ignited over who had the rights to it. Manson died at age 83 "of natural causes at 8:13 p.m. on…[Continue Reading...]
The cause of death for notorious cult leader Charles Manson was acute cardiac arrest, with colon cancer as a factor. That's according to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, which listed respiratory failure as a contributing cause. Manson's health had…[Continue Reading...]
Two recent school shootings are highlighting what extremism researchers see as a growing — and poorly understood — trend among young people who embrace mass violence. The attacks, at high schools in Madison, Wis., and Nashville, Tenn., defy categories that…[Continue Reading...]
In the early 2000s, TikToker Savannah (@oktav.ea) was raised in an evangelical clown cult. In the year 2000, she and her mom moved to a small town in the Midwest, where there was an organization that brought in young people…[Continue Reading...]
Bangladesh Bank has cautioned the public against multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes, highlighting their hallmarks—unrealistically high profits and referral-based commissions—as traits of pyramid or Ponzi schemes that often lead to significant financial losses for investors. The central bank issued the warning…[Continue Reading...]
Aum Supreme Truth’s main successor transferred financial assets in an apparent attempt to conceal them, according to a Public Security Intelligence Agency investigation report seen by The Yomiuri Shimbun. The cult’s successor, which is called Aleph, used such means as…[Continue Reading...]
Tasked with convincing the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that the 14 charges her client had been convicted of should be overturned, public defender Allegra Glashausser needed to pull one heck of a legal rabbit out of her hat during…[Continue Reading...]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) in the US has been rocked by a slew of sexual abuse allegations launched against it in California in the latest scandal to hit the organization that is better known as…[Continue Reading...]
Taipei, March. 8 (CNA) Two Taiwanese Unification Church followers have been arrested in China and are unable to return to Taiwan as of Friday, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said. Following the arrest, the SEF received a request for assistance…[Continue Reading...]
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